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Arkansas State

SBC · 1-1 · power +4.3 · #129
Our side · spreadARST +20.5 our number TCU -14.6 · 5.9 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected -0.4 for this matchup by our data on both teams

TCU

B12 · 1-1 · power +17.5 · #46
Our side
SpreadARST +20.5 ours TCU -14.6
TotalUnder 55.5 ours 52.0
MoneylineTCU to win ours 80% · book 90%
Distance from the market 5.9 pts / -3.5 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 19–33 ARST – TCU
2026-09-19 · 8:00 PM Amon G. Carter Stadium · Fort Worth, TX Early season

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Book ARST spreadTCU spread OverUnder ARST winTCU win ARST TT overARST TT under TCU TT overTCU TT under
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Ours vs the market

SpreadTCU -14.6
the marketTCU -20.5
Total52.0
the market55.5
TCU win80% vs 90%

Both percentages are TCU’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Series TCU lead 2–0 · 2 meetings since 1999
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge TCU Horned Frogs 127 ranks
Arkansas State Red Wolves #235 rush offense TCU Horned Frogs #108 run defense
Pass game even 12 ranks apart
Arkansas State Red Wolves #148 pass offense TCU Horned Frogs #160 pass defense
Run game even 31 ranks apart
TCU Horned Frogs #153 rush offense Arkansas State Red Wolves #184 run defense
Pass game edge TCU Horned Frogs 144 ranks
TCU Horned Frogs #36 pass offense Arkansas State Red Wolves #180 pass defense
Arkansas State Red Wolves Balanced · 46% run Up-tempo Dual-threat QB · 36 rush ypg TCU Horned Frogs Balanced · 49% run Avg pace
Butch Jones · 48-51 Sonny Dykes · 79-46

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Arkansas State Red Wolves
RB Kenyon Clay 99 rush yds · 2 TD · 4 rec #33 RB
DB Five Hamilton 8 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #78 DB
LB Robert Stevens 15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL #50 LB
DL Elias Sherman 13 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL #93 DL
TCU Horned Frogs
TE Kari Ashley 10 rec · 136 yds · 2 TD #6 TE
DB Teon Parks 1 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #65 DB
DL Ansel Din-Mbuh 6 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #98 DL
RB Jeremy Payne 221 rush yds · 6 rec #81 RB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Arkansas State Red WolvesSBC +4.3 +4.1 +0.2 #129
TCU Horned FrogsB12 +17.5 +9.7 +7.9 #46

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Arkansas State offense vs TCU defense-3.7 pts
TCU offense vs Arkansas State defense+9.5 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 440 mi

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.